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Special Rapporteur welcomes presidential clemency for indigenous leader Leonard Peltier

January 24, 2025

GENEVA – The Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, Albert Kwokwo Barume, has commended the decision by outgoing United States President Joe Biden to issue an Executive Grant of Clemency for Indigenous leader Leonard Peltier, who has been imprisoned for nearly 50 years. The decision, signed on 19 January 2025, commutes the remainder of… Read More »